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by Eliah Hecht 
May 16th 2008 at 8:00AM
At this point, the thread that inspired today's breakfast topic is, itself, pretty old-school, but anyway, here's the question: What is the most obscure old-school thing you remember? The OP's contribution is when he looted a BoP axe in his first instance, thinking he could give it to a friend, but he is quickly trumped by the second poster: dwarf mages.As for me, I have a pretty terrible memory, but I do dimly recollect taking tailoring on my first character, a Hunter, because I'd heard about shirts and they sounded cool. But that fits more in the "noob" category than "old-school" proper. Inner Fire raising attack power and not having charges? Throwing weapons that couldn't have their quantity refreshed? Reck bombs? Decursive? I haven't been playing since beta or anything, so none of this is too crazy. What's your favorite memory of WoW past?
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 6)
Ametrine May 16th 2008 8:20AM
White raptors.
cowy May 16th 2008 1:55PM
hey now, don't forget Teal Kodos. I still have mine. :P
Swiss May 16th 2008 8:22AM
10 man Scholomance
OneMHz May 16th 2008 9:19AM
Don't forget 15 man UBRS!
Stormscape May 16th 2008 5:39PM
Priests having a combat rez.
Tridus May 16th 2008 8:34AM
"Is Scholo a 15 or 20 person raid?"
On level up:
"Your skill in Fire increases by 5.
Your skill in Frost increases by 5.
Your skill in Arcane increases by 5."
Maraudon being the new dungeon.
Oh, and old school Reckoning bombs. Those were awesome.
Daimon May 16th 2008 8:37AM
hurrican 31 points in balance tree, innervate in resto. endless wipes in gnomer, having to party w a 35lvl.
5min pally bless, and long time ago in beta when buddies talked about 40lvl cap and 40man raids to UBRS, wut!
Moojahideen May 16th 2008 8:43AM
How about the campfire trick? You could make a bunch of camp fires and 'stack' them, because they had collision. I saw pics of people getting up on top of the highest 'roof' inside Ironforge using this trick.
Also, plainsrunning and stat point distribution. I mean really, what Warrior needs Intelligence?
kunukia May 16th 2008 8:43AM
Loot lag...
Narissa of Eldre Thalas May 16th 2008 8:50AM
Hunters with Energy instead of mana
and 90% of everything everyone here has listed.
Zumwalah May 16th 2008 8:55AM
i remeber i once joined an AV that had been going for 43 hours
Angus May 16th 2008 8:58AM
I remember summoning the ice lord and having him break the alliance turtle. So much fun when something the size of a bunker starts plowing through a line.
"Keep him up! Keep him up!!!"
Angus May 16th 2008 9:00AM
Arcanite Reapers and Enhancement Shaman were just a horrible combo you didn't want to face.
Thunderfury being THE tanking weapon...
Timothy Bower May 16th 2008 9:27AM
Hell, I just remember the Arcanite Reaper. Geezus, you don't see those anymore. There was never a day you couldn't leave Orgrimmar or Ironforge and not see those a couple hundred times.
Ametrine May 16th 2008 2:02PM
ARCANITE REAPER, HOOOO!!
Cetha May 16th 2008 9:11AM
evocation being a talent in the arcane tree
various fp's not in existence ( like no fp in un'goro for example)
no connecting flights, but having to stop at every city on the way with your journey
when your lvl 5 bank toon could have enchanting and de anything you sent to her
when you had to go to the meeting stone outside an instance to queue up for other people looking for that instance
those are the first things that come to mind
Rhapsody May 16th 2008 9:15AM
Having to spec for instant-cast Arcane Explosion.
Cetha May 16th 2008 12:41PM
hahaha oh yes, i totally forgot about that one
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TobiasX May 16th 2008 9:37AM
Such a shame this hardly ever happens, I didn't even know about the Ice Lord :(